Collar shaping and ironing machine.



J. A. HUGHES.

COLLAR SHAPING-AND IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 8. 1915 15257238. Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

2 SHEETS- 8M 2- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- JOHN A. HUGHES, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN OR TO REED MANUFACTURING- COMPANY, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAR SHAPING AND IRONING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19,1918.

Application filed June 8, 1915. Serial No. 32,882.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collar Shaping and Iron ing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collar shaping and ironing machines and consists in certain improvements in the construction thereof as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the operation of collar shaping machines it is necessary to separate the iron and former so as to clear the end of the collar. IVhere there are devices for lifting the iron this may be accomplished by releasing the iron but such devices increase the pressure which it is necessary for the operator to exert on the iron in ironing a collar. Other devices in which the iron is lifted from the former by the operator increase the labor of the operator by reason of this lifting operation. This is particularly true if the ironing pressure is delivered to the iron by means other than pressure exerted by the operator.

In such collar shaping machines also it has been customary to permit the iron to rest directly on the former and the rubbing contact of the iron directly on the former so eifects the iron surfaces as'to result in a discoloration of the collars ironed after such rubbing contact.

Among the objects of this invention are to simplify the means of operating the iron to clear the end of the collar and also to prevent the direct contact of the iron and the former. Other details of the invention will appear from the specification and claims.

The invention i illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows Figure 1 shows a plan view of the former.

Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a side elevation, a part being broken away to better show construction.

Fig. 4 a perspective view of the iron showing the ordinary form of mounting.

1 marks the frame, 2 the curved former ordinarily constructed of thin sheet metal and having an ironing edge 3, and 4 the iron having an ironing groove 5. The iron is carried by a hollow arm 6 and this is secured on a pivot 7 having a horizontal axis.

The pivot 7 is carried by a swivel 8 having its flange extending under a plate 9. By means of the hollow arm 6 and the two pivotal connections the grooved iron is guided toward and from the former and also along the former in the ironing action.

Fuel is delivered through a pipe 10. There is a jet burner at 11 directing its flame directly against the back-side of the iron. An arm 12 extends outwardly from the iron provided with a handle 13. A weight 14 is secured at the outer end of the arm 12 and is suiiicient to exert an ironing pressure on the iron thus relieving the operator of this labor.

A cam finger 15 is mounted on a pin 16 secured to the frame 1. This finger 15 is arranged in the path of the iron 1 and preferably inside of the former. The upper edge of the finger has such relation to the edge of the former and to the iron as to lift the iron when the iron is resting on this upper edge a distance above the edge of the former sufficient to clear the end of the collar. It will be understood that all collars present an obstruction at the end but with some cuts of collars the tags at the end of the collar project upwardly some distance above the edge of the former and if the iron is brought over the collar it must be lifted above this upwardly extending tag so as to clear the collar in the beginning of the ironing operation. The forward end of the cam finger 15 has a cam surface 15 which engages the iron as it is moved along the former and lifts the iron with a continued movement of the iron along the former so as to separate the iron from the former. Hence a pressure on the iron in a direction along the edge of the former will effect this separation through the action of this cam.

In the ordinary operation of these shapers the iron is swung to the end of the former.

In this machine this will place the iron on,

the cam finger 15. The collar is then put in place, the iron swung over the collar and then into ironing Dosition on the collar and by reciprocating the iron on the collar the ironing is accomplished. It will be seen that the cam finger if highenough to carry the iron over the end of the collar will also hold the iron above this ironing positlon. To obviate this diiiiculty I have devised a device for depressing the cam linger so as to permit the iron to drop into engagement with the collar.

A rod 17 is pivotally secured to the iron by means of a pin 17 A spring 18 is arranged around the rod 17. The upper end of the spring exerts pressure on a pin 19 arranged in the rod 17 The lower end of the spring rests on the table 20. The rod eX- tends through the table and terminates in a hook 21. A foot pedal 22 is secured to the hook 21. It will be readily observed that by depressing the pedal 22 the cam finger 15 is depressed thus permitting the iron to drop into engagement with the collar so that the end of the collar may be ironed.

In order to prevent the iron 4: from coming into contact with the former so as to affect the ironing surfaces I provide a support 28. This is preferably in the form of an annular track paralleling the edge of the former and is so l'elationed to the iron that with the iron in contact with the support 23 the ironing surface 5 of the iron is out of contact with the edge of the former yet is close enough to the former to engage the surface of an interposed collar to effect the ironing operation.

\Vhat I claim as new is 1. In a collar shaping andironing machine the combination of the ironing ele ments comprising a curved former and an iron; means for guiding one of said elements toward and from the other of said elements and one of the elements along the other element; and mechanism for separating the elements by a movement of one of the elements in a direction along the other of said elements to clear the end of a collar.

2. In a collar shaping and ironing ma- Chine the combination of the ironing elements comprising a curved former and an iron; means for guiding one of said elements toward and from the other of said elements and one of the elements along the other element; mechanism for separating the elements by a movement of pne of the elements in a direction along the other of said elements to clear the end of a collar; and devices for throwing said mechanism out of action to permit the ironing of the end of a collar.

3. In a collar shaping and ironing machine, the combination of a curved former; an iron operating on the former; means for guiding the iron toward and from the former and along the former; and mechanism for lifting the iron from the former by a movement of the iron in a direction along the former to clear the end of a collar.

4. In a collar shaping and ironing machine, the combination of a curved former;

an iron operating on the former; means for guiding the iron toward and from the former and along the former; mechanism for li ting the iron from the former by a movement of the iron in a direction along the former to clear the end of a collar; and devices for throwing said mechanism out of action to permit the ironing of the end of a collar.

5. In a collar shaping and ironing machine, the combination of the ironing elements comprising a curved former and an iron; means for guiding one of said elements toward and from the other of said elements and one of the elements along the other element; devices for exerting ironing pressure on one of said elements; and mechanism operating against said ironing pressure and overcoming the same to separate the elements by a movement of one of the elements-in a direction along the other of said elements to clear the end of a collar.

6. In a collar shaping and ironing machine, the combination of the ironing ele ments comprising a curved former and an iron; means for guiding one of said elements toward and from the other of said elements and one of the elements along the other element; devices for exerting ironing pressure on one of said elements; mechanism operating against said ironing pressure and overcoming the same to separate the elements by a movement of one of the elements in a direction along the other of said elements to clear the end of a collar; and devices for throwing said mechanism out of action to permit the ironing. of the end of a collar.

7. In a collar shaping and ironing machine, the combination of a curved former; an iron operating on the former; means for guiding the iron toward and from the former and along the former; devices for exerting ironing pressure on the iron; and mechanism operating against said ironing pressure and overcoming the same for lifting the iron from the former by the movement of the iron in a direction along the former to clear the end of a collar.

8. In a collar shaping and ironing machine, the combination of a curved former; an iron operating on the former; means for guiding the iron toward and from the former and along the former; devices for exertin g ironing pressure on the iron; mechanism operating against said ironing pressure and overcoming the same for lifting the iron troin the former by the movement of the iron in a direction along the former to clear the end of a collar; and devices for throwmg said mechanism out of action to limit the ironing of the end of a collar.

t). In a collar shaping. and ironing'machlne, the combination of a curved former; an iron operating on the former; means for guiding the iron toward and from the former and along the former; and a cam finger in the path 01 the iron adapted to lift the iron by a movement of the iron in a direction along the former.

10. In a collar shaping and ironing machine, the combination of a curved former; an iron operating on the former; means for guiding the iron toward and from the former and along the former; a cam finger in the path of the iron adapted to lift the iron by a movement of the iron in a direction along the former; and devices for depressing the cam finger.

11. In a collar shaping and ironing machine, the combination of ironing elements comprising a. curved former and an iron; means for guiding one of said elements toward and from the other and one of said elements along the other; and devices preventing said elements from moving into con- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the tact but permitting a movement toward each other into ironing relation.

12. In a collar shaping and ironing machine, the combination of ironing elements comprising a curved former and an iron; means for guiding one of said elements toward and from the other and one of said elements along the other; and a support along the former for preventing the iron from moving into contact with the former along the ironing portions of the former but permitting a movement of the iron into ironing relation to the former.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. HUGHES.

Vitnesses:

WM. DIETZEL, S. D. EMIG.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

